President
Nigel Atkinson Esq, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire
Vice Presidents
Cdr. J.M. Bingeman, CEng, MIMechE, FSNR, RN;
Mr A. Drummond;
Major General Sir M.S. White, CB, CBE, JP;
Mrs. Susie Sheldon JP, HM Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight
Patrons
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Montagu of Beaulieu
Mr N. de Rothschild MA;
Mr C.D.J. Bland, JP;
Mr. A. Welch;
Mr D. Snow;
Mr M. Waterhouse;
Mr C. Andreae;
Mr. E. S. Fort OBE;
Mr N. Jellicoe
Management Committee/Trustees
Chairman: Honorary Alderman M. Woodhall, BEM FRICS;
Vice Chair: Mr P. Shears KC;
The Hon M. Montagu-Scott;
Dr N. Flemming;
Mr F. Green;
Ms N. Campbell;
Dr H. Farr;
Mr D. Adams;
Cllr N Dorrington (Portsmouth City Council, Observer)
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Dr Helen Farr
Dr Helen Farr is an Associate Professor of Maritime Archaeology at the University of Southampton. Helen has worked on projects around the world, and locally here in the Solent. She is particularly interested in early seafaring and palaeo submerged landscapes, but as a keen sailor and commercial diver she loves the ocean and anything nautical. Helen is passionate about protecting underwater cultural heritage, has worked as chair of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology, and is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
The Hon. Mary Montagu-Scott
Mary is passionate about every aspect of Maritime Heritage having been brought up next to the Solent shore. She is currently a Director of the Buckler’s Hard Maritime Museum in Hampshire and is actively involved in exhibition design and development. She is also on the board of the National Museum of the Royal Navy and HMS Victory Preservation Company and The Medusa Trust. She is a very keen sailor, diver and takes a particular interest in the submerged landscapes of the Solent. She has been part of the team to dive and survey HMS Agamemnon in Uruguay.
Dr Nick Flemming
Nic Flemming led a diving team to map and conduct test excavations of the submerged Greek city of Apollonia, on the coast of Libya, in 1958 and 1959. In 1967 he discovered the submerged Neolithic- Bronze Age town of Pavlopetri in southern Greece. This was re-mapped and excavated with modern technology in 2009-2012 in a project led by the University of Nottingham. He led the snorkelling team to discover the submerged Neolithic occupation site of Agios Petros off the island of Kyra Panagia in the north Aegean in 1981. He led a diving project in 1982 to map the Ice-Age aborigine occupation of the north Australian continental shelf 30,000 years ago, and co-published the discovery of the oldest Palaeolithic tools found off the coast of South Africa in 2001. In recent years he has edited one of the final volumes from the European COST project SPLASHCOS, and published several papers on submerged Ice- Age prehistoric archaeology, as well as a research memoir entitled “Apollonia on my Mind.”
Francis J Green BA MPhil MSC MCIFA IHBC FSA
Frank studied prehistory and archaeology at Sheffield University and his research at Southampton University was in archaeobotany. He studied and published the plant remains from excavations in Winchester. He co-authored the study of the plant remains from the Mary Rose and other maritime wrecks. He has worked in Hampshire for over 40 years and was the director of the Test Valley Archaeological Trust before working as Heritage Officer for Test Valley Borough Council. He retired in 2019 from New Forest National Park Authority as their senior archaeologist. He is currently working on a range of backlog archaeological projects towards publication.